Non-refillable bottle.



C. H. BATES.

NON-REFILLABLE BQTTLE.

APRLICATIDN FILED MAR.30.1914.

1,175,501. Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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- CLARENCE kI-I. BATES, OFr CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EoN-nEEIL-LABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed March 30, 1914.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. BATES, a citizen of the United States', Aresiding at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification. f

The object of this invention is to provide 'an improved bottle which cannot be refilled without breaking a portion of the bottle, so that a wholesaler may easily detect any fraudulent refilling of his bottles.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a bottle embodying the features of my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of one of the parts. y The preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the drawings and comprises a body portion 4 and a neck portion 5. A stopper closes the upper end of the neck 5 and comprises a solid inner part 6 and a yieldable sleeve 7 of cork or other suitable material surrounding 'said part 6. On the upper end ofthe innerpart 6 is an enlarged head 8 having an offset portion 9 which constitutes a discharge nozzle, Preferably the sleeve 7 has an outturned flange 7a at its upper end which lies between the head 8 and the upper end of the neck 5. The port 10 within the nozzle 9 communicates at its inner end with a chamber 11 from which a vertical port 12 leads to the lower end of the inner part 6 of the stopper. rlhe chamber 11 is offset with relation to the ports 10 and 12 for apurpose to be presently explained. The yport 10 is controlled by a conical valve member 13 having a transverse opening therethrough and having an operating handle 14 fixed to its upper end. rlhe valve member 13 is held in place by a screw 15 seated in the lower end thereof and engaging in a countersink in the underside of the head 8. lt will be seen when the parts are in assembled relation this countersink is closed by the flange 7a on the cork sleeve 7, so that the valve member cannot be removed.

A vertically disposed tube 16 is secured to the lower end of the stopper member 6 and communicates with the port-12. The lower end of the tube 16 lies close tothe bottom of the bottle. located a valve device arranged to permit liquid to flow from the bottle up through the tube and out the discharge nozzle 9, but

Specification of Letters Patent.

Within this tube isy Patented Mar. 14, i916. serial No. 828,136.

adapted to prevent a reverse flow of liquid.

sists of a cork or other yieldable sleeve 17 fitting rwithin the tube 16 and carrying a l ing a wire through the dischargenozzle 9 and downwardly through the port 12 and tube 16 to pick the valve member 19 open, soy as to permit the insertion of fluid into the bottle. i

.f Thefstopper member 6 has a port 2O leadl In its preferred form this valve device coning upwardly from its lower end and then laterally to its periphery. ThroughV this port air under pressure is forced into the upper end of the bottle on top of the liquid therein. The lower end of the port 20 is controlled by a flexible liap valve member 21 which may be secured to the lower end of the sleeve 7. Said sleeve and the bottle neck 5 have openings 22 and 23 registering with the angular upper end of the port 20. The opening in the bottle neck is flared out.- wardly and is provided with an annular groove 24 in its wall. A locking device consisting of a screw 25 seated in a plug 26 of cork or other suitable material lies in the openings 22 and 28, and vin the angular upper end of the port 20. This locking device prevents the stopperl members 6, 7, 9, from being withdrawn from the neck of the bottle.

In order to prevent the locking device 25, 26 from being withdrawn by unauthorized persons a quantity of cement 27, preferably of character which is not heat susceptible, is introduced in the flaring opening 23 after the insertion of the locking device, the cement running into the annular groove 2li iu the wall of the opening 28. A disk 28 is then placed in the outer end of the flaring opening, said disk having an undercut rib 29 at its inner side which sinks into the cement 27. yAfter the cement has hardened the disk will be kfirmly locked in place and can not be removed except by breaking it. It' desired, a transverse groove 30 may be formed in the outer face of the disk 28 so that the disk may be broken by the ultimate user (not the retailer) whenV he desires to Vwithdraw the locking device 25, 26 so as to retailer 'cannot replace a similar disk after he has broken one to refill a bottle. By means of a monogram or symbol an agent of the wholesaler will be able to tell immediately whether the original closing disk is still on the bottle and thus he canascertain whether the bottle has ever been refilled. 1t will be seen that it is impossible to refill this bottle without first breaking the disk 2S.

In use, the bottle is originally filled inthe `ordinary way up to about thelevel indicated and the'parts 6, 7 and 14 are by the line a,

Airis then then 'inserted into the bottle.

Vforced into the bottle through the openings 23 and 22 and port y2O until a suificient pressure is in the bottle to force all of the liquid therefrom waenv the valve 13 is opened. The fiexible valve member 21 will prevent the escape of air through the port v20. lThe locking device 25, 26 is now insertedand the cement 27 and disk 28 put in place. The bottle vis then ready for the market. Whenever ity is desiredto withdraw all or a portion of the contents of the bottle the valve member 13 is opened and the compressed air in the bottle will force the contents up through the tube 14 and out the discharge nozzle 9. Any attempt to refill the bottle through the nozzle 9 will be ineffective because the valve 19 is vnormally closed, and will open only to pressure from the interior of the bottle.

1 claim as my invention:

1.y A non-refillable bottle comprising a body having a neck, a stopper closing said neck and having a discharge passage therethrough, a valve member controlling said discharge passage, a tube leading kfrom the inner end of said passage to the bottom of the bottle, a valve device in said tube, said stopper having a second passage leading from its inner end and terminating on o-ne side, the neck of the bottle having an opening registering with the last mentioned passage, and means occupying said opening and said passage for preventing withdrawal of the stopper.

2. rlhe combination of a container having an outlet, a closure for said outlet, said closure having a passageway therethrough, a manually operable valve controlling said passage way, a tube communicating with said passageway Vand leading to a point close to the bottom Vof said container, the closure and the con- Copies of this patent may be obtained for tainer having registering passages through which compressed air may be introduced into thecontainer, and locking means occupying the last mentioned passages in the container and the closure for preventing removal of said closure, said locking means including a portion which is non-removable except by breakage.V

3. The combination of a container having an outlet, a closure for said outlet, said closure having a Vvalved discharge passageway therethrough and having a second passage through which compressed air may be introducedinto the bottle, the latter passage being pro-vided with an inwardly opening valve to prevent egressvof air, thefcontainer having an opening registering with the outer end of the latter passage, and means occupying the passage and the opening for preventing withdrawal of the closure from said outlet. Y

et. A bottle having a neck and a stopper iitting into said neck, said stopper having a valve-controlled ldischarge passage therethrough and having a second passage leading upwardly from the inner end thereof and terminating on one side, the neck of the bottle having an opening registering with the latter passage, a locking device seated in said opening and said passage for preventing withdrawal of the stopper, and means which is non-removable except by breakage vfor sealing said opening in the bottle neck to prevent access to said locking device.

5. The combination of a container having an outlet, a closure for said outlet, said closure having a discharge passageway therethrough, a tube communicating` with said passageway and leading to a point close to the bottom or" said container, a manually o-perable valve controlling. the discharge of fluid through said passageway, a second outwardly opening valve controlling such discharge and positioned inwardly from saidinanual valve, said closure and the container having registering passages through which compressed air may be introduced into the container, an inwardly opening valve controlling the last mentioned passages to permit ingress but prevent egress of the air, and lockingmeans occupying the last mentioned passages for preventing removal of said closure.

1n testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE H. BATES.

In the presence off C.V PAUL PARKER, GEORGE L. CHINDAHL.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

